Group paint?

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do you have an example of the white metal flake painted? this is what i was going to get done to my car, but about 5 diff pro's said, that a white metal flake is disappointing unless you use a different base layer colour.

bigben Hmmmm, OK just spoke to them and they'll do 2 frames for £75 as the prep is most of the work, in other words bits and bobs no problem, but multiple frames would be taking the piss.
Kind of shoots the whole thread down really.
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Agreed, unless for larger quantities they would knock a bit more off. Essentially, by just saving a £5 on (40X2) isn't much of a saving considering the logistics of getting a load of frames up there from different people?

Unfortunately not. I didn't end up using it. According to some custom Harley forum I looked at a while back, It gives a more subtle effect. Another advantage of white is it blends better if you have two base colours.

I was going to use it over a white base a while back. Any other colour flake on white base would have looked like it had dirt in the paint when the light wasn't on it.

I think the way to get the most intense effect is to use a large chrome/silver metal flake, then a candy colour over the top.

ads [quote]bigben Hmmmm, OK just spoke to them and they'll do 2 frames for £75 as the prep is most of the work, in other words bits and bobs no problem, but multiple frames would be taking the piss.
Kind of shoots the whole thread down really.
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Agreed, unless for larger quantities they would knock a bit more off. Essentially, by just saving a £5 on (40X2) isn't much of a saving considering the logistics of getting a load of frames up there from different people?[/quote]

i was thinking more of bits 'n' bobs anyway: brake lever, calipers, maybe a seat post (any idea how much thicker a powder coat would make it?) and some rims… Though not all the same colours, necessarily. So I'm still up for sneaking in with a bigger order. And I live East anyway, so dropping them over is no hassle. Might change my mind on the colours though.

anyone still up for this? whisper me your email addy

i'm out - just built up the old frame i was planning to get done - found a bloody crack in one of the seatstays....

Steves i'm out - just built up the old frame i was planning to get done - found a bloody crack in one of the seatstays....

Gaffa tape. Sorted.

(I'm lying. Don't do this.)

if you cant fix it with gaffa tape, you havent used enough......surely??

anyone still in for white paint?

addie [ maybe a seat post (any idea how much thicker a powder coat would make it?)

fraction of a milimeter

so does anyone know would they do multiple frames cheaper if they were already stripped?

matt black or purple
jbaron , Le Car (Black), Rob M (Black), andyf

brown
Chris Crash

powder blue
Steves

White- i like 9003 (signal white) and 9016 (traffic white), of the two- i'm particularly pleased with 'traffic white' as a name.
addie
Superprecise
Conan
fc9k (not in london though, so may back out if posting stuff is a pain)
eyebrows (dependent on price, and postage, and time taken...
Kiki
photoben

Cream Light Ivory RAL 1015 http://www.indfinspec.demon.co.uk/images/1015_light_ivory.jpg
Bigben
B. (Still up for this B?)
Bracestower (forks only - the ivory is pretty much exactly the colour I'm after)

Blue -Green - Grey (i.e. Charlotte Street Hotel - http://www.london4americans.com/hotels/charlottestreethotel.jpg)
ADS
B.

DOES ANYONE STILL WANT TO GET IN ON WHITE PAINT THIS WEEK?

armourtex do 'white' and 'off-white'

bish bash bosh, love it.

black black black
I have cranks too to throw in

le car, were you thinking gloss or matt or what? black i mean.

gloss

hmm, i'm still deliberating whether or not to respray the already perfectly good metallic purple paint... if i do it'll be black, white or grey. what about metallic black?

i'm thinking of getting some stuff done, but not sure if it should be black or white

white... go on... do it...

remember, it only goes glossy when they put a clear coat over the top. So if two of you want stuff in black(or any colour for that matter) but one of you wants it gloss and the other wants it matt then you are still AY-OKAY.

Not with powder

oh, I was under the impression that when they powder coat it at first it's matt, and then they have to put on a couple of layers of clear to get it gloss. That's what it seemed they said to me at least, but i might have misunderstood...

either way, they definatly put a couple of layers of clear on my frame after the coloured powder coat.

matt black or purple
jbaron , Le Car (Black), Rob M (Black), andyf

brown
Chris Crash

powder blue
Steves

White- i like 9003 (signal white) and 9016 (traffic white), of the two- i'm particularly pleased with 'traffic white' as a name.
addie Flat-hunting means no more bike money for a coupla months. Boo-hiss.
Superprecise
Conan
fc9k (not in london though, so may back out if posting stuff is a pain)
eyebrows (dependent on price, and postage, and time taken...
Kiki
photoben

Cream Light Ivory RAL 1015 http://www.indfinspec.demon.co.uk/images/1015_light_ivory.jpg
Bigben
B. (Still up for this B?)
Bracestower (forks only - the ivory is pretty much exactly the colour I'm after)

Blue -Green - Grey (i.e. Charlotte Street Hotel - http://www.london4americans.com/hotels/charlottestreethotel.jpg)
ADS
B.

Le Car, Flickwg, Superprecise: I'm in on the black, matt or gloss, if it's happenning. What parts do we all have? Should we start another thread and try and get this done? Sooner the better for me.